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H. ANLAUF.

GANDLESTIGK.

No. 315,695. Patented Apr. 14, 1885.

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PATENT FFICE.

OF DRAIN, OREGON.

CANDLESTICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,695, dated April 14, 1885.

Application filed October 23, 1884. (No model.) v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMANN ANLAUF, a citizen of the United States of America, residin g at Drain, in the county of Douglas and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candlesticks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as w.ll enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the sime, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, 1 n l to litters and figures of reference marked tnereon,which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in candlesticks, the object of my invention being to provide the base with a skeleton frame, which is attached thereto, and is provided with upwardlyproj ecting prongs which embrace the candle.

My invention also consists in providing the prongs with a collar,having a portion extending across the same which forms a support for the candle, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view; Fig. 2, a detail view.

A represents the base of the candlestick, which consists of an ordinary dished disk of sheet metal, to which is secured, by means of solder, the candle-support B and the support and handle B. The candle-support opposite the handle B is bent at its base at substantially right angles, as shown at b, the members, which are of a continuous piece, converging toward each other. The handle and candle-support B is bent at right angles with the upwardly-projecting portions 0 c, and projects over the edge of the plate, from whence it is bent or curved so as to form a handle, 0, as shown. The upwardly-projecting rods 0 c c c are bent slightly outwardly at their upper portions, and these rods are embraced by a ring, D,whicl1 has a portion, d, which extends inwardly across the same, when a candle is inserted bet ween the upwardly-projecting rods 0 o, and is pressed downwardly until it engages with the cross-bar d of the ring D, thus forcing the ring downward and compressing the rods upon the candle so as to hold the same firmly in position.

It will be seen from the foregoing that I provide a candlestick which is cheap in con struction, and is adapted to hold candles of different sizes.

I claim 1. The combination, in a candlestick, of a series of vertical wire supports attached rigidly to the base, a wire ring embracing said supports and adapted to compress the same, and having one end bent between said supports to form a rest for the candle, substantially as set forth.

2. In a candlestick, the uprights c c c 0', made of single pieces and attached rigidly to a base, one of said pieces projecting over the base so as to form a handle, and a ring with inwardly-projecting portion (2, embracing the candle-holding rods, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMANN ANLAUF.

\Vitnesses:

H. M. CALDWELL, G. I). DRAIN. 

